Getting nerdy

🦠 Getting nerdy: Euglenoids are microorganisms that have survived Earth’s five mass extinctions. How? Researchers at Utrecht University proposed they lived in microfossils, and looking up clips of microfossils on YouTube confirmed their hunch. A microscope vid of a microfossil showed precisely what they were looking for.

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Stop Facebook from using your data to train AI

Mark Zuckerberg’s favorite word is “public.” In Meta’s recent Q4 earnings call, he said, “On Facebook and Instagram, there are hundreds of billions of publicly shared images and tens of billions of public videos, which we estimate is greater than the Common Crawl dataset and people share large numbers of public text posts in comments across our services as well.”

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7 ways to stop paying so much on streaming every dang month

Five years ago, Netflix, Disney+ and Hulu with Live TV would cost you around $56 a month. Not bad! Today, the exact services will run you over $106. How’s that for outrageous?

New research shows we’re more cutthroat than ever about what we pay to stream. Let’s look at some clever ways people save so you can, too!

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The dark days of winter …

… are a real drag. It’s rainy here this weekend, so I may curl up under a blanket. Who am I kidding? I can’t sit still.

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What was the most expensive smartphone ever sold? Was it the … A.) Diamond Crypto, B.) Goldvish Le Million, C.) Vertu Signature Cobra or D.) Falcon Supernova iPhone?

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2 number of hours spent on a smartphone to increase one's risk of ADHD by 10%

That’s per day. An estimated 8.7 million U.S. adults have ADHD.

48,000,000 Americans who act as caregivers

A new law, The Credit for Caring Act, would provide up to a $5,000 federal tax credit for working family caregivers.

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On this day in 2004, something big happened in the tech world. Was it … A.) The release of the iPod, B.) The launch of Facebook, C.) The first YouTube video was published or D.) That Amazon started selling TVs?

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An ex-Microsoft exec founded all these sites but one. Is that one … A.) Zillow, B.) Expedia, C.) Glassdoor or D.) Pinterest?

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Punxsutawney Phil’s days may be numbered. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) wants to replace him with an AI animatronic groundhog, saying it would be more accurate and humane. So, how accurate is Phil overall — A.) 12%, B.) 39%, C.) 51% or D.) 78%?

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24% - Reduced risk of death for hearing aid users

This is for folks who wear them, of course — compared to those who regularly skip putting in their hearing aids. What studies haven’t examined is the why.